A 60 m tower casts a 50 m shadow, while one half blick away a telephone pole casts a 20 m shadow. Calculate height of the telephone pole.

Daniaal Sanchez

Daniaal Sanchez

Answered question

2021-08-01

To Calculate: Height of the telephone pole.
Given information: A 60 m tower casts a 50 m shadow, while one half blick away a telephone pole casts a 20 m shadow.
Formula used: Here, we are using the concept of hupothenuse leg similarity.

Answer & Explanation

Laaibah Pitt

Laaibah Pitt

Skilled2021-08-02Added 98 answers

Calculation: Here, by using HL similarity
ABCDEF
And, ACDF=BCEF
x60=2050
x=24
Hence, the height of the telephone pole is 24

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